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MISCELLANEOUS [UPPER FLOOR, 
pair of eye-shades formed of bone ; a bow-string ; a cu¬ 
linary vessel and lamp, cut out of stone. Over the Cases 
is placed a sledge from Baffin’s Bay, which, together with 
the rest of these articles, was brought to England by 
Capt. Sir Edward Parry, in 1822. 
Case 2. Esquimaux dresses from Point Hope: a steers¬ 
man’s cap, from West Georgia ; men’s boots, and an Es¬ 
quimaux landing net, formed of whalebone, from Kotzebue 
Sound; a band, worn as a maro, from Egmont Island; a 
pair of woman’s boots, from Cape Thomson ; a dart 
thrower, from Point Barrow; and a richly carved paddle, 
from Tahiti. 
Case 3. Various specimens of cloth, formed of the 
Paper Mulberry, from the Sandwich Islands, some of them 
with stamped patterns ; a harpoon line, made of the skin 
of a Wallruss, and a sail of the intestines of the same ani¬ 
mal from Kotzebue Sound ; two large teeth of the Wall¬ 
russ, from Behring’s Straits; a stone club used for bruis¬ 
ing nuts, and three fine mats, from Egmont Island ; a cap, 
ornamented with tufts of feather and hair ; several bows 
and arrows, some of the latter tipped with obsidian and 
bone, from California ; and a small harpoon, with a move- 
able tip, for spearing fish, from Point Barrow. 
On the sides of these Cases, near the door, are placed 
three spears from Tongataboo, a spear from the interior 
of Chili, and a paddle from Egmont Island. Over these 
cases are several other spears, arrows, and harpoons, 
from the Pacific Ocean. These articles and those in 
Cases No. 2 and 3, were collected during Capt. Beechey’s 
voyage of discovery, a.d. 1825 — 1828. 
Case 4. A seal-skin dress ; a dog’s harness for a sledge, 
and the handle of an instrument for throwing bird-darts, 
from the coast of Labrador ; a pair of boots ornamented 
with leather of different colours, with divided toes; a 
leathern whip, and some arrow’s from the interior of Peru. 
Case 5. A quiver formed of palm leaves, containing 
small poisoned arrows; a bag of netted twine, with bom- 
bax and some poisoned arrows from the Indians of the 
Maranon. Presented by Lieut . Henry Lister Maiv, R.N. 
Various wampum belts, and a pair of eyeshades, formed of 
wood. From the Sloane Collection . 
A straw hat, a poncho , or cloak, leggings, shoes, spurs, 
